Urban Solitude   Eszter Bornemisza   38 x 72 inches   2013 ARTIST STATEMENT For a long time now, my main sources of inspiration have been in maps of ancient and modern settlements. This time I [...]

  Urban Layers   Eszter Bornemisza   24 x 63 inches   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT I live in a city with a long and rich history. In this piece, I intentionally intended to portray the many layers [...]

  Urban Links   Eszter Bornemisza   40 x 120 inches   2015 ARTIST STATEMENT I am interested in the many ways city people may get connected. The street network and the public transportation system all assist [...]

  Forbidden City   Eszter Bornemisza   65 x 45 inches   2012 ARTIST STATEMENT This piece was started by drawing the ground plan of an ancient building. As the red round city map found its place, [...]

  Emerging Past   Eszter Bornemisza   28 x 60 inches   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT The base of this work is a collage of old urban maps and architectural elements evoking layers of history. The schematic modern [...]

  Point of Reference   Eszter Bornemisza   36 x 72 inches   2021 ARTIST STATEMENT Maps as a metaphor for finding our place both physically and mentally have been the focus of my interest in recent [...]

  Looking Back   Eszter Bornemisza   28 x 56 inches   2016 ARTIST STATEMENT In 1996 I visited an art quilt exhibition in Lyon for the first time in my life. It was a revelation that [...]

  Inner Mapping   Eszter Bornemisza   80 x 76 inches   2017 ARTIST STATEMENT In my recent series, I'm reflecting on my map-inspired works of the last 25 years. Using the silhouette of my own profile, [...]

  Icon Maze   Eszter Bornemisza   40 x 120 inches   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT On orthodox icon walls, the icons represent characters of good deeds. The humanoid icons in this maze are filled with city maps [...]

  Extracts   Eszter Bornemisza   38 x 52 inches   2022 ARTIST STATEMENT This quilt is an abstract cityscape with some extracts or fragments of its map, like windows allowing some insight into urban life. [...]